Bottle-safe.



.l. PAOLICELLI.

BOTTLE SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.1916.

Patented J an. 8, 1918.

ATTORN EY,

WJTN ESSES JdsEriirAOLIGELLI, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-SAFE.

Application fiIedJ'uly 25, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH PAOLIOELLI, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Safes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention specifically relates to a milk bottle safe although it is capable of use generally as a means to receive and retain an article against theft or unauthorized removal.

Generally the invention aims to provide a novel and improved construction to attain the end in view and one particularly having a lock bolt member coeperating with a looking member being movable to release the locking member, and to provide such a device having a supporting plate with one or more slots or openings to retain the article, a pivoted locking member to close the slot or opening, a spring-controlled slidable lock bolt having a head with which the arms fasten against outward movement, and a latch means for the lock bolt member.

'l/Vith the. above and additional objects, such as will hereinafter appear, in view, the invention has been embodied in one preferred form as illustrated in accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a view showing the safe connected to a support, the safe being partly in section and taken substantially. along the lines 11 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation having one of the locking members closed and another opened;

Fig. 3 is a view showing my improvements on an enlarged scale in plan, and partly broken away to show details;

Fig. 4: isa detail perspective view of the spring which may be used to secure the looking member in closed position, and

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Referring specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, a conventional form of support for the improved safe is shown at A and which may be a wall, door or other suitable structure. My improvements are mounted from the support A by means of a lock bolt which is designated 6 and which is preferably square or polygonal in cross section so as to prevent a tendency to turn Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

Serial No. 111,300.

in the support. Exteriorly of the support, a housing is provided which may have a vertical wall 7 through which the lock bolt 6 slides and by means of which the housing is secured to the support A through the medium of screws or other fastening means 8 as well as by the lock bolt. The housing or base proper has an upper wall 9 and a lower wall 10, parallel with the wall 9 and spaced from the other by means of the 'wall 7 with which they are integral. The lower wall 10 serves as a supporting wall and 'to this end is provided with any desired number of suitably shaped openings or. slots 11:, open at one end, and adapted to receive milk bottles or other articles 12, having the usual bead or enlargement 18 at the mouth adapted to rest directly on the wall 10 at the openings. The wall 9 serves as a shield for the bottle or articles 12, at their mouths.

A substantiallyrectangular head or plate 14 is formed integral with the bolt 6 at the front end and is provided with a plurality of slots 15 which receive portions 16 oi the plates 9 and 10 provided by cutting the plates 9 and 10 away to form the slots at 17 This head 14: in closed position receives the said portions 16 and thus the bolt is braced and guided in its movement and the walls 9 and 10 are braced against relative movement. A coil spring 18 surrounds the bolt in the housing and abuts the wall 7 and also the head 14:, thus serving to normally urge the bolt outwardly and the head 14 to the dotted line position suggested in Fig. 3. A suitable means is provided to normally maintain the bolt '6 in retracted position such as that illustrated in the drawings. This means may be a latch having a plate 19 fastened to the interior of the support A in any suitable manner and preferably having an opening 20 through which the bolt 6 extends and is guided. A housing 21 extends from the plate and mounts the latch bolt'22 which is urged outwardly from the housing by means of an expansion spring 24 and which is retracted by manipulation of a knob 25 connected to the latch bolt. The latch bolt 22 extends into a suitably shaped notch 26 provided on the bolt. 6. Outward movement of the bolt is limited by the provision of a suitable abutment, which may be a cotter-pin 27 connected to the bolt adjacent its outer end. At its said outer end, the bolt 6 is beveled,

for instance at 28 so that it may cooperate with the outer beveled wall of said bolt 22 in retracting the bolt 6 in pass the bolt 22.

The articles 12 are fastened in place by means of locking bars or members 29 which swing intermediate the plates 9 and 10 from vertically disposed pivots 30 mounted by order to freely the plates. At the lockingends ofthe bars and to yield outwardly after they pass the plate 1 1 so that their free ends will abut the plate 1 1 and prevent opening of the bars or members 29. The bar 29 to the left in Fig. 3- is shown as open while the bar to the right in the same figureis shown as closed and particularly illustrates the locking of the portion 31 with the plate 1 1. If desired, the outer ends of the bars 29 where the pivots 30 pass therethrough may be enlarged as at 33.

In use, the bolt 6 is in retracted or set position and held in suchposition against'the tension of spring 18 by means of the latch bolt 22. With a bar 29 unlocked, asat the left in Fig. 3, a bottle 12 or other article is inserted into the opening 11 so that its enlargement at 13 will rest upon the wall 10 as a shelf or support; Afterward, the bar is moved inwardly so that the leaf 32 will pass the plate 1 1 and then open or clip into engagement .withthe inner wall of the plate 14:,or in other words be in the position shown at the right of Fig. 3. As a result, the bottle or other article will be fastened against removal by an unauthorized person and in addition it will be protected at the mouth by the shield wall 9. I

If an authorized person wishes to remove the bottle or article 12, knob 25 is manipulated, so as to retract the bolt 22 and release the bolt 6 whereupon the spring 18 expands and throws the bolt 6 outwardly into the position suggested by dotted lines in Fig. 3. As a result the arms 29 are freed and are capable of being manually moved outwardly prior to manually removing the bottle or other article outwardly from the openings 11. It will be understood, that prior to again placing articles in the device, the bolt 6 is retracted by simply pressing the head 1 1 inwardly which causes the bolt 6 due to the bevel 28, to move the bolt 22 inwardly and maintain it in such position until it comes into registry with the notch 26 when it is urged outwardly by the spring 24;.

It will be realized that the invention provides a means whereby the milk man in the mornings or at the proper time for delivery and protected against theft or unauthorized removal, until the owner releases the bolt 6 from the interior of the house or support by manipulation of the knob 25.

ofthe invention has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of the parts may be re sorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim 1. A safe of the class described having a supporting wall provided with an. article receiving opening, a shield wall disposed adjacent saidopening, means forconnecting sa1d walls, a locking bar plvoted on said supporting wall to close said opening, said bar having a locking member provided with a yieldable leaf, a sliding member mounted in said connecting means said sliding member having a head providedwith slots, said supporting wall being provided. with .po'rtions entering said slots, said leaf abutting the head from the interior at times,means for normally forcing the slidable member in one direction, means for preventing movement of the slidable member, and means for limiting the sliding movement of the slidable member when released from the lastmentioned means. I

2. A safe of the class described having a supporting wall provided with a pair of article receiving openings, a shieldwall disposed above said openings, a connecting wall for said walls, locking bars pivotally mounted between the first mentioned and second mentioned walls, a sliding bolt mounted between said first mentioned walls,

and movable through said connecting wall,

said bolt being positioned between the openings of the supporting wall, a head mounted upon one end of said slidingibolt, means for normally retaining said sliding bolt in one position, said locking bars having locking spring members on their free ends for engagement with said bolt when the latter is in normal position and means for forcing said locking boltin one direction when'released.

3. A safe of the class described having a supporting wall provided with an article-receiving opening, a shield wall disposed over said opening, a connecting wall for said walls, a pivot member mounted by said supporting walls, a locking bar mounted on said pivot member to close said opening, said bar having a locking spring thereon provided with a yieldable leaf, a bolt slidable through said connecting wall, said bolt having a head provided with'slots, said supporting wall being cut away to provide portions 'en-' Since merely the preferred embodiment tering said slots, said leaf when the bar is beveled portion to facilitate initial engagein closed position abutting the head from ment of the latch upon retraction. 1a the interior, an expansion spring surround- In testimony whereof I affix my signature ing said bolt and abutting said connecting in presence of tWo itnesses.

a Wall and said head, a latch engageable JOSEPH PAOLICELLI.

with the bolt to maintain it in retracted Vitnesses: position means on the bolt to limit its pro- WILLIAM R. SIENA, jecting movement, and said bolt having a AROANGELO CUzoIo.

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